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A shabby moment

I happened to be in the Senate gallery yesterday to witness the brief discussion on the state budget compromise worked out between the Senate and [...]
June 2, 2011 | Posted in: Budget, NCSenate | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Senate budget hits Clean Water Trust Fund

Little doubt that the Clean Water Management Trust Fund, one of the chief sources of funding for land protection and conservation, water and sewer projects [...]
May 25, 2011 | Posted in: DENR, Environment | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

DENR cuts — a receipts-supported agency?

One aspect of the budget proposal that is troublesome is a move to require most of DENR’s workforce to be supported by either matching federal [...]
May 19, 2011 | Posted in: Budget, DENR, Environment, Legislation | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Budget cuts and the environment

Following are a series of posts on specific proposed cuts in the budget that will threaten environmental protection, land conservation and long standing programs aimed [...]
May 19, 2011 | Posted in: Columns, DENR, Environment, General Assembly, NCHouse | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Budget cuts hampering firefighters at Alligator River

An infuriating bit of information this morning courtesy of a Virginia Pilot story about the wildfire in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, which has [...]
May 10, 2011 | Posted in: Budget, Current Events, Environment | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Budget votes explained

AP’s Gary Robertson looks at why five Democrats voted for the House budget and how that changes the dynamic in the Senate negotiations.
May 9, 2011 | Posted in: Budget, General Assembly | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Elon Poll says NC says ‘Tax Me’ — Really?

I find this poll result strange because that’s not what voters around the state — even liberal Orange County voters — have been saying when [...]
November 20, 2010 | Posted in: Budget, Current Events, Polls | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Tony Rand resigns

This from the Speaker’s office: Speaker Hackney statement on resignation of Sen. Tony Rand “Sen. Rand served the people of Cumberland County and the state [...]
November 4, 2009 | Posted in: Misc, State | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink